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A gardner's workout : training the mind and entertaining the spirit / / by Martin Gardner
| A gardner's workout : training the mind and entertaining the spirit / / by Martin Gardner |
| Autore | Gardner Martin <1914-2010, > |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : A K Peters/CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-429-06239-7
1-4398-6409-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454385203321 |
Gardner Martin <1914-2010, >
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| Boca Raton, FL : , : A K Peters/CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A gardner's workout : training the mind and entertaining the spirit / / by Martin Gardner
| A gardner's workout : training the mind and entertaining the spirit / / by Martin Gardner |
| Autore | Gardner Martin <1914-2010, > |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : A K Peters/CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
| ISBN |
0-429-06239-7
1-4398-6409-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782042903321 |
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Gardner Martin <1914-2010, >
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| Boca Raton, FL : , : A K Peters/CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mathematical recreations & essays
| Mathematical recreations & essays |
| Autore | Ball W. W. Rouse (Walter William Rouse), <1850-1925.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : University of Toronto Press, 1974 |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CoxeterH. S. M <1907-2003.> (Harold Scott Macdonald) |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations - Famous problems
Geometry Cryptography Ciphers Mathematics Physical Sciences & Mathematics Elementary Mathematics & Arithmetic |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460669803321 |
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Ball W. W. Rouse (Walter William Rouse), <1850-1925.>
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| [Place of publication not identified], : University of Toronto Press, 1974 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mathematical recreations & essays
| Mathematical recreations & essays |
| Autore | Ball W. W. Rouse (Walter William Rouse), <1850-1925.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : University of Toronto Press, 1974 |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CoxeterH. S. M <1907-2003.> (Harold Scott Macdonald) |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations - Famous problems
Geometry Cryptography Ciphers Mathematics Physical Sciences & Mathematics Elementary Mathematics & Arithmetic |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797379503321 |
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Ball W. W. Rouse (Walter William Rouse), <1850-1925.>
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| [Place of publication not identified], : University of Toronto Press, 1974 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mathematical recreations and essays
| Mathematical recreations and essays |
| Autore | Ball W. W. Rouse (Walter William Rouse), <1850-1925.> |
| Edizione | [12th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Macmillan, 1922 |
| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (449 pages)
1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CoxeterH. S. M <1907-2003.> (Harold Scott Macdonald) |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations - Famous problems
Geometry Cryptography Ciphers Mathematics Physical Sciences & Mathematics Elementary Mathematics & Arithmetic |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Tenth Edition -- Preface to the Eleventh Edition -- Preface to the Twelfth Edition -- I: ARITHMETICAL RECREATIONS -- To find a number selected by someone -- Prediction of the result of certain operations -- Problems involving two numbers -- Problems depending on the scale of notation -- Other problems with numbers in the denary scale -- Four fours problem -- Problems with a series of numbered things -- Arithmetical restorations -- Calendar problems -- Medieval problems in arithmetic -- The Josephus problem. Decimation -- Nim and similar games -- Moore's game -- Kayles -- Wythoff`s game -- Addendum on solutions -- II: ARITHMETICAL RECREATIONS (continued) -- Arithmetical fallacies -- Paradoxical problems -- Probability problems -- Permutation problems -- Bachet's weights problem -- The decimal expression for 1/n -- Decimals and continued fractions -- Rational right-angled triangles -- Triangular and pyramidal numbers -- Divisibility -- The prime number theorem -- Mersenne numbers -- Perfect numbers -- Fermat numbers -- Fermat's Last Theorem -- Galois fields -- III: GEOMETRICAL RECREATIONS -- Geometrical fallacies -- Geometrical paradoxes -- Continued fractions and lattice points -- Geometrical dissections -- Cyclotomy -- Compass problems -- The five-disc problem -- Lebesgue's minimal problem -- Kakeya's minimal problem -- Addendum on a solution -- IV: GEOMETRICAL RECREATIONS (continued) -- Statical games of position -- Three-in-a-row. Extension to p-in-a-row -- Tessellation -- Anallagmatic pavements -- Polyominoes -- Colour-cube problem -- Squaring the square -- Dynamical games of position -- Shunting problems -- Ferry-boat problems -- Geodesic problems -- Problems with counters or pawns -- Paradromic rings -- Addendum on solutions -- V: POLYHEDRA -- Symmetry and symmetries -- The five Platonic solids.
Kepler's mysticism -- Pappus, on the distribution of vertices -- Compounds -- The Archimedean solids -- Mrs. Stott's construction -- Equilateral zonohedra -- The Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra -- The 59 icosahedra -- Solid tessellations -- Ball-piling or close-packing -- The sand by the sea-shore -- Regular sponges -- Rotating rings of tetrahedra -- The kaleidoscope -- VI: CHESS-BOARD RECREATIONS -- Relative value of pieces -- The eight queens problem -- Maximum pieces problem -- Minimum pieces problem -- Re-entrant paths on a chess-board -- Knight's re-entrant path -- King's re-entrant path -- Rook's re-entrant path -- Bishop's re-entrant path -- Routes on a chess-board -- Guarini's problem -- Latin squares -- Eulerian squares -- Euler's officers problem -- Eulerian cubes -- VII: MAGIC SQUARES -- Magic squares of an odd order -- Magic squares of a singly-even order -- Magic squares of a doubly-even order -- Bordered squares -- Number of squares of a given order -- Symmetrical and pandiagonal squares -- Generalization of De la Loubère's rule -- Arnoux's method -- Margossian's method -- Magic squares of non-consecutive numbers -- Magic squares of primes -- Doubly-magic and trebly-magic squares -- Other magic problems -- Magic domino squares -- Cubic and octahedral dice -- Interlocked hexagons -- Magic cubes -- VIII: MAP-COLOURING PROBLEMS -- The four-colour conjecture -- The Petersen graph -- Reduction to a standard map -- Minimum number of districts for possible failure -- Equivalent problem in the theory of numbers -- Unbounded surfaces -- Dual maps -- Maps on various surfaces -- Pits, peaks, and passes -- Colouring the icosahedron -- IX: UNICURSAL PROBLEMS -- Euler's problem -- Number of ways of describing a unicursal figure -- Mazes -- Trees -- The Hamiltonian game -- Dragon designs -- X: COMBINATORIAL DESIGNS -- A projective plane -- Incidence matrices. An Hadamard matrix -- An error-correcting code -- A block design -- Steiner triple systems -- Finite geometries -- Kirkman's school-girl problem -- Latin squares -- The cube and the simplex -- Hadamard matrices -- Picture transmission -- Equiangular lines in 3-space -- Lines in higher-dimensional space -- C-matrices -- Projective planes -- XI: MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS -- The fifteen puzzle -- The Tower of Hanoї -- Chinese rings -- Problems connected with a pack of cards -- Shuffling a pack -- Arrangements by rows and columns -- Bachet's problem with pairs of cards -- Gergonne's pile problem -- The window reader -- The mouse trap. Treize -- XII: THREE CLASSICAL GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS -- The duplication of the cube -- Solutions by Hippocrates, Archytas, Plato, Menaechmus, Apollonius, and Diocles -- Solutions by Vieta, Descartes, Gregory of St. Vincent, and Newton -- The trisection of an angle -- Solutions by Pappus, Descartes, Newton, Clairaut, and Chasles -- The quadrature of the circle -- Origin of symbol π -- Geometrical methods of approximation to the 'numerical value of Geometrical methods of approximation to the 'numerical value of π -- Results of Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews -- Results of Archimedes and other Greek writers -- Results of European writers, 1200-1630 -- Theorems of Wallis and Brouncker -- Results of European writers, 1699-1873 -- Approximations by the theory of probability -- XIII: CALCULATING PRODIGIES -- John Wallis, 1616-1703 -- Buxton, circ. 1707-1772 -- Fuller, 1710-1790 -- Ampère -- Gauss, Whately -- Colburn, 1804-1840 -- Bidder, 1806-1878 -- Mondeux, Mangiamele -- Dase, 1824-1861 -- Safford, 1836-1901 -- Zamebone, Diamandi, Rückle -- Inaudi, 1867- -- Types of memory of numbers -- Bidder's analysis of methods used -- Multiplication -- Digital method for division and factors -- Square roots. Higher roots -- Compound interest. Logarithms -- Alexander Craig Aitken -- XIV: CRYPTOGRAPHY AND CRYPTANALYSIS -- Cryptographic systems -- Transposition systems -- Columnar transposition -- Digraphs and trigraphs -- Comparison of several messages -- The grille -- Substitution systems -- Tables of frequency -- Polyalphabetic systems -- The Vigenere square -- The Playfair cipher -- Code -- Determination of cryptographic system -- A few final remarks -- Addendum: References for further study -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910965144703321 |
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Ball W. W. Rouse (Walter William Rouse), <1850-1925.>
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| London, : Macmillan, 1922 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Puzzlers' tribute : a feast for the mind / / edited by David Wolfe and Tom Rodgers
| Puzzlers' tribute : a feast for the mind / / edited by David Wolfe and Tom Rodgers |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : A K Peters/CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 420 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-429-06240-0
1-4398-6410-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | part PART I: The Toast, Tributes -- chapter Harry Eng: A Tribute -- chapter The Eng Coin Vise -- chapter David A. Klarner?A Memorial Tribute -- chapter David Klarner's Pentacube Towers -- chapter Some Reminiscences of David Klarner -- chapter Just for the Mel of It -- chapter Mel Stover -- chapter The Stack of Quarters -- part PART II: Tantalizing Appetizers: Challenges for the Reader -- chapter Crostic in Honor of Martin Gardner -- chapter A Clock Puzzle -- chapter 3 Problems -- chapter A Scrub Tile Puzzle -- chapter All Tied up in Naughts -- chapter Jumping Cards -- chapter 6 Off-beat Chess Problems -- chapter 4 Squares for Squares -- chapter PORT III: Smoked Ham: A Course in Magic -- part PART IV: Chef's Caprice -- chapter Coincidences -- chapter The Bard and the Bible -- chapter Inversions: Lettering with a Mathematical Twist -- chapter All You Need Is Cards -- chapter Calendrical Conundrums -- chapter 2 Poems -- part PART V: Wild Game -- chapter What Makes the Puzzler Tick? -- chapter Diabolical Puzzles from Japan -- chapter How to Outwit the Parity -- chapter Inflated Pentominoes -- chapter Pixel Polyominoes -- chapter Pythagorean Puzzle -- chapter Classic Six-Piece Burr Puzzle -- chapter A Classification of Burrs -- chapter Paving Mazes -- chapter Early Japanese Export Puzzles: 1860s to 1960s -- chapter Interlocking Spirals -- chapter The Partridge Puzzles -- part PART VI: Mathematical Entrees -- chapter Fermat's Last Theorem and the Fourth Dimension -- chapter Games People Don't Play -- chapter Mathematical Chats Between Two Physicists -- chapter How Flies Fly: The Curvature and Torsion of Space Curves -- chapter Some Tricks and Paradoxes -- part PART VII: Mathematical Treats -- chapter How Recreational Mathematics Can Save the World -- chapter Variations on a Transcendental Theme -- chapter Magic -- chapter The Beer Bottles Problem -- chapter The Fractal Society -- chapter 4 Games for Gardner -- chapter The Sol LeWitt Puzzle: A Problem in 16 Squares -- chapter Sum-Free Games -- chapter Shadows and Plugs -- chapter A Neglected Trigonometric Gem -- chapter Kotani's Ant Problem -- chapter Y2K Problem of Dominoes and Tatami Carpeting. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454382803321 |
| Boca Raton, FL : , : A K Peters/CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Puzzlers' tribute : a feast for the mind / / edited by David Wolfe and Tom Rodgers
| Puzzlers' tribute : a feast for the mind / / edited by David Wolfe and Tom Rodgers |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : A K Peters/CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 420 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
| ISBN |
0-429-06240-0
1-4398-6410-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | part PART I: The Toast, Tributes -- chapter Harry Eng: A Tribute -- chapter The Eng Coin Vise -- chapter David A. Klarner?A Memorial Tribute -- chapter David Klarner's Pentacube Towers -- chapter Some Reminiscences of David Klarner -- chapter Just for the Mel of It -- chapter Mel Stover -- chapter The Stack of Quarters -- part PART II: Tantalizing Appetizers: Challenges for the Reader -- chapter Crostic in Honor of Martin Gardner -- chapter A Clock Puzzle -- chapter 3 Problems -- chapter A Scrub Tile Puzzle -- chapter All Tied up in Naughts -- chapter Jumping Cards -- chapter 6 Off-beat Chess Problems -- chapter 4 Squares for Squares -- chapter PORT III: Smoked Ham: A Course in Magic -- part PART IV: Chef's Caprice -- chapter Coincidences -- chapter The Bard and the Bible -- chapter Inversions: Lettering with a Mathematical Twist -- chapter All You Need Is Cards -- chapter Calendrical Conundrums -- chapter 2 Poems -- part PART V: Wild Game -- chapter What Makes the Puzzler Tick? -- chapter Diabolical Puzzles from Japan -- chapter How to Outwit the Parity -- chapter Inflated Pentominoes -- chapter Pixel Polyominoes -- chapter Pythagorean Puzzle -- chapter Classic Six-Piece Burr Puzzle -- chapter A Classification of Burrs -- chapter Paving Mazes -- chapter Early Japanese Export Puzzles: 1860s to 1960s -- chapter Interlocking Spirals -- chapter The Partridge Puzzles -- part PART VI: Mathematical Entrees -- chapter Fermat's Last Theorem and the Fourth Dimension -- chapter Games People Don't Play -- chapter Mathematical Chats Between Two Physicists -- chapter How Flies Fly: The Curvature and Torsion of Space Curves -- chapter Some Tricks and Paradoxes -- part PART VII: Mathematical Treats -- chapter How Recreational Mathematics Can Save the World -- chapter Variations on a Transcendental Theme -- chapter Magic -- chapter The Beer Bottles Problem -- chapter The Fractal Society -- chapter 4 Games for Gardner -- chapter The Sol LeWitt Puzzle: A Problem in 16 Squares -- chapter Sum-Free Games -- chapter Shadows and Plugs -- chapter A Neglected Trigonometric Gem -- chapter Kotani's Ant Problem -- chapter Y2K Problem of Dominoes and Tatami Carpeting. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782049303321 |
| Boca Raton, FL : , : A K Peters/CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Riddles of the sphinx : and other mathematical puzzle tales / / by Martin Gardner [[electronic resource]]
| Riddles of the sphinx : and other mathematical puzzle tales / / by Martin Gardner [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Gardner Martin <1914-2010, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 1987 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Collana | Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
| ISBN | 0-88385-947-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Riddles of the Sphinx -- Precognition and the Mystic Seven -- On to Charmain -- Technology on VZIGS -- The Valley of Lost Things -- Around the Solar System -- The Stripe on Barberpolia -- The Road to Mandalay -- The Black Hole of Cal Cutter -- Science Fantasy Quiz -- The Barbers of Barberpolia -- It's All Done with Mirrors -- Satan and the Apple -- How's-that-again Flanagan -- Relativistically Speaking -- Bar Bets on the Bagel -- Catch the BEM -- Animal TTT -- Playing Safe on the Bagel -- Sex Among the Polyomans -- Inner Planets Quiz -- Puzzles in Flatland -- Dirac's Scissors -- Bull's-eyes and Pratfalls -- Flarp Flips and Another Fiver -- Blues in the Night -- Again, How's That Again? -- Alice in Beeland -- Hustle Off to Buffalo -- Ray Palmer's Arcade -- Puzzle Flags on Mars -- The Vanishing Plank -- 987654321 -- Time-reversed Worlds -- The Wisdom of Solomon -- Thang, the Planet Eater. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791749203321 |
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Gardner Martin <1914-2010, >
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| Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 1987 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Riddles of the sphinx and other mathematical puzzle tales / / by Martin Gardner
| Riddles of the sphinx and other mathematical puzzle tales / / by Martin Gardner |
| Autore | Gardner Martin <1914-2010.> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1987 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Collana | Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Puzzles |
| ISBN | 0-88385-947-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Riddles of the Sphinx -- Precognition and the Mystic Seven -- On to Charmain -- Technology on VZIGS -- The Valley of Lost Things -- Around the Solar System -- The Stripe on Barberpolia -- The Road to Mandalay -- The Black Hole of Cal Cutter -- Science Fantasy Quiz -- The Barbers of Barberpolia -- It's All Done with Mirrors -- Satan and the Apple -- How's-that-again Flanagan -- Relativistically Speaking -- Bar Bets on the Bagel -- Catch the BEM -- Animal TTT -- Playing Safe on the Bagel -- Sex Among the Polyomans -- Inner Planets Quiz -- Puzzles in Flatland -- Dirac's Scissors -- Bull's-eyes and Pratfalls -- Flarp Flips and Another Fiver -- Blues in the Night -- Again, How's That Again? -- Alice in Beeland -- Hustle Off to Buffalo -- Ray Palmer's Arcade -- Puzzle Flags on Mars -- The Vanishing Plank -- 987654321 -- Time-reversed Worlds -- The Wisdom of Solomon -- Thang, the Planet Eater. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910966252303321 |
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Gardner Martin <1914-2010.>
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| Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1987 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Winning ways for your mathematical plays . Vol. 3 [[electronic resource] /] / Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy
| Winning ways for your mathematical plays . Vol. 3 [[electronic resource] /] / Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy |
| Autore | Berlekamp Elwyn R |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Natick, Mass., : A.K. Peters, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Disciplina | 793.7/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ConwayJohn Horton
GuyRichard K |
| Collana | Winning ways for your mathematical plays |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-56881-596-4
1-56881-560-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the Original Edition""; ""Games in Clubs!""; ""-14- Turn and Turn About""; ""-15- Chips and Strips""; ""-16- Dots- and- Boxes""; ""-17- Spots and Sprouts""; ""-18- The Emperor and His Money""; ""-19- The King and the Consumer""; ""The Game of Kinggo""; ""-20- Fox and Geese""; ""-21- Hare and Hounds""; ""-22- Lines and Squares""; ""Index to Volumes 1�3"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454752403321 |
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Berlekamp Elwyn R
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| Natick, Mass., : A.K. Peters, c2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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